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VOL. 3. RED LODGE, PARK COUNTY, MONTANA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5. 1891. NO. 1, .. . . . . . .. . . .. .. .. . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . ...-- . - - - _ _ _ _ ... . . . ... . . . . .. . . .. . .. . . . .... . . . .. . PROFESSIONAL CARDS. W. F. Meyer. ATTORNEY AT LAW AND NOTARY PUBLIC. g)-LAND OFFICE BUS1NESS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. Ried Lodge, Mont. SYDNEY FOX. ATTORNEY AT LAW. OFFICE IN :BELL TT BLOCIK RE]) LODGE, lMOT A NA. Dr. WV. A. Allen, SURGEON DENTIST. B.LL.ING-S and iRED LOD)GE. DR. A, C, ¶cCLANAHAN, 1-hysician AND tSurgIeon. ] .... RED LODGE, JIonla .a, Keyser Brown. Justice OF TiHE OFFICE VITH T. P. MCDONALD RED )i.GE. MONTANA. .AT, ' EY AT IAW, COUNTY A"'(TTORNEY-1Y lots and N. P. I l road lands. U. S. LAND ..FICE BUSINESS A AL Thsoa a. C. Rlgo ds. Attorne.y at Law, At".fft for all the leading Insur- 1 e:nce con:lpallieS. ci:ni;ecr of all the leading .Mer cantile and Collecting Associations. CF LLECTI ONS A SPECIALTY. A,.tl1-act fh and 'i 'ilEs I:xamniirned. R eD:,ion lO ain: giv'n ;rompO NttANtion. lRED i) I,ODGE, MONTAN A. A. F. & A. M. Star in the West Lodgre A. F. & A. M. lRegular commnunlcations first and third Wednesday in each n:,mth at '5 p. nm., in Blackburn's builiio;g. E J. Lowar, W iM. K. ofl L, Meets every Thurslday at 7 30. p. m., at I:lackburn's bail. CHIARL3L:S CLA I, M. V. J. L. S-r :u,.rns, Scc. i. 0. 0. F. Garfield Lodge No. U3 1. 0. O. F., meets every Saturday at 8 p. In. Sojourn iug lBretheren are cord ally invited. GI.Iuin:RT PATTERSUN, ,. G. ROBERT OI:n, Secretary. K, of P, Knights of Pythias meet every Tues day at 7:30 p. m. T:os. H. BAIL.Y,C. C. M. WATSON, K. of R. and S. CHURCHES. Congregational Church. Preaching at 11 a. m. arl 7l:1, p n Sunday school - - 1.' i. Weekly preyer nim etir;n \Ve,. ,-vs. ; t Young People's meeting Thurs. ' " " Junior Christian Endeavor Scci(- Ty meet Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock G. IL SE.:;s,i Pastor. Calvary Mission, Services every alternate Surday (i. e. Sept. 6th & 20th ) Morning prayer and sermon at 11. Evening prayer and sermon at 8. Sunday school every Sunday at 3 p. m. HERBERT G. STIARPLEY, Rector. A 'bictim o;f Scicnce. The frog his Leen called "thli victimn of sci-Moee" hcC:,se, he is al wayvs lieing diss.'e(tcl fr thle pur pose of seeing how he can get alont without his inot essential organs ! how his blood circulates and how; his nervous system acts. HIe i selected for such ends not, as i: commonlo y imagined, because his structure is at all houitulike, but for the reason thaut he will en dure being chopped up to such a remarkable extent and still retain life. You can remove his brain and he will get along fairly well without it, sn::l:lo)wing w:htever is put into his mouth and otherwise lehaving as usiua1! though in an auto:matic f shien. In fact the aUi.al :i;1 live infinitely under such condi tio:a is as exiruent has shoiwn. If you cut out his lungs he will not (lie for a long time because he can breathe very well through the .kin all over thie nod; in a nia.ll degree the bic o:o in tth. siperfical vessel :n:.king up t certain "am Lou.,t of ox yge', but the function is exercie e1 ~m ore sati.fa'toril by the freer. c~t 'ford" "n intre-tiog 'tuiy ul::d,,r ing:_ni,,us ttrture[';" the anotomist and t'e corpuscles in his bloed be ing re ai'k.llv large, that li "i s'.rves" :1dIlirably f)r the inistru, tin of the sicker after medical know; ledge. James H. Coe. STONE AND BRICK \ 'ORK, P,'lain and Ornamental PlIastering And G(eneral Work. RED LODGE, MONT ANA. rlue Fron::t New Ienot To bacc , Confeetionery. "ine i;ne of SI ti; nery kept in St'o'k. Subseripntions receivel on all kiwis of ?ublicatimns. Will receive subscriptions or the RED LODGE PICKET. TI1OS. PERSON Prop. is - tI 1Iorse Shoeing, Pion, A\ork, \Vagorl-rnd Buggxy Work. T ITC QI S iJuhllŽTIIJ>TG\T TOOCLJSZ of all Ikicrihtions. Every Kind of Work done i!! a FIRST-CLASS SHOP. *ATT~e~mzE~1~ .:TNErItiST :WOODWORK' oNICAO. 23 UNION SQUARE. N.'Y 6 °R I. WD&STON. A"S. fuiiITA. Q L Dti. 1 I FOR SALE BY Reliable agents wantedJ NEW DOME S. M. Co. I ~- I---------__________ _____ -- ______ C. 4r, . :Y y+t`ý a ý4u~f't. . : In -r ]loit on' l ildiite'o tnýc.l IT w itb ?tew.hifl', (n cnrlawhitt vnlld yoiu do? Wh't al20Ei_:cfn eCoinid tuvO Ilao?::n 1iO;:E. Thn'ý?teleF8,inrmlnspowder.o ndla t!O fe-i.'l. 7 27 "^^^: : Lva never t'ailcd (rlrfer ? o~' Trrn~rl "::: r'.'":^..giet or !ro-;l !!. it-on,( on. A runrni1., to, erLr h? m:lf.:r i.,. r V;F R~. ow .t0: P,0?(?'.:.. IT y., 1 GA;iA CA113,C tState N.ws. - Mining R'cview. r Forty-five car loads of bullion g have bteen, slipped from Livings o ton by the Culnberland company. v Assuming that each car carried s twenty tons, this would be nine Shundrted tons, and if the value of each was $140, the value of the bul lion shipped is 44126,000. In our opinion the value of the shipments will exceed this sum. Livingston Enterprise. 1 At Missoula Sunday morning t about fifteen white men, most of ) thlem wearing iiasks, went to the iihouse of a Chinese gardner a mile labove te city. There were three iCincd there. One eseal.d by swimminnlg the river. Lung Ti was f very I adly beaten about the head 1and1 boly and received a long dee!p gash above the left eye. Lo Kit, the third one, ws given a coat of tar and feath(ers and his queue was iut of.f As tie tar was hot his f .omdition is I'ry .,'Serious. The imeni then went to work and dcle ali s Ihed everything al out th!e lace., broke t ilthe w;i:ni ans doors ,f tle house I I ta d c o'ut holes in tih !o0i;:, a:in it is a tlii ed m " tit. ( u I .t .- ;; im tI it itiengs W az.att . 'i.o' M_ i tidd( , notorious for li ^ guli fi hlIt iast spmi :g in te, li'. ,rI buh i' with MDeri"u. t, du,- iC ag, whinh tI', four year old hiild it tof IcD)ermott was aceilentl v ki led a ias bet': s(Iltetlnced to the p i- a tenti'ary for seven years for cattle stealing. I. a. s 3 ly'1i thi teixmni:rnaace, T ','eli:.- is W;ings assisted in 10i, nt ie.'O 1', at Butte by Julge Arr, itage of i len-t a. A gold l.:ri(:k. valued at :i;15,00. has recently been rceivCind at (Great : Na Y from the S lotte td H orse "m ine ao at i1iidlen, owned by MoA.dohvw. Ti'rie rranti I'1rovest (\n-a)',"f are to ,e given iv t:! Northern l'aiiiic Haiiro(d ol (iajny thi' s :-o r on 1 a!l a tird fairs for t th, roun.d' trip to any p11i) t in Alin nesota, No.'iit Dakota and 3lo0. ta.:a touchd 1by its line.. 1 bse < ti(let : be good for thiirty days, ;i thas giving time for a cofm)rn'he; ive anld critical view (of thoe country Theire is no dolu!,t that a large num- v bOr of jr'ons will avail then:: elve of this ol'l.or u!,ity to inspect theCse ifavor·.d regions. The exeur ion as l l nw p.ijcted will take place on 1\lg1:st 25, `eltenl :r T 5 a":, 2). - All v1i:iosu will Ie heartily wel- a con,1): i to M!on.iaa, anid ailbl inm very way to lbe.ore familir with the advantages olffvTred here to set:t lers. The I oards of trade of every a city arnd town will donu!tiers pro- n vide for th's in the mst eflective Meagher County News. tv From I. M. Hensley it was f learned that a railroad meeting h was held in Castle at which tlhe people pledged all the support they a guarrante"d the gentleman who r visited that early last spring. At eomnmittee was appointed to go toT r bozenmani and arrange with their I committee(. Several partim) raised I the ainro..t of i nterests and stock they had donated. By the new a plan all who assist in building the t road receive stock. Gallatin val Icay will put on 200 teams. Work t will iprobal)ly be coniamnced im rooddiately andr thle roandbed almost I fished this tfall. Mr. King agrees c to build ten Miles of the road and I give themn right of way and depot N groumld= in town. The Bozeman c peopled have' raised $250,00() and can raise $125,000 more. Castle Tribune. A petition was circulated and has I been sent to the lh!,al tment askill,; for a post otlfee at Fox, on the old i mail route to Castle. There are a large numlber of miners working in the Four Miie country who will be I benefited by the establisuhment of a I postoflice at Mr. Funchs' ranch. A petition hoas also been sent in for a da:ily mail service from White 1 Surphur Springs to Castle by way ( of Blackhawk and Robinson. Both l of these petitions ask for. what is nicd .l axld should ( Ie granof.cd. 11 Geineral News. St. Lious had three shocks of on earthquake on Thursday last. s- 1Paris has a population of 2,500, ,y. 000, and has fewer than 100 negroes ed within its limits. no The new State of Washington has of a population of 349,390 and an al- assessed valuation of property of ur $221,448,136. ts A New York agrietultural paper estimates that farm products will he $1,000,000,000 more (his year in the United States than for several 1g years. of The night express train from te Macon, Missouri, was held up at le Collins station by three masked o men and the exprese safe robbed of 1 vy $,0,000 on t-e eight of the is 20. ( There is a. great demand for I p A.nmerican wheat and produce in t, Peru, the Chilian supply being cut t )f off. A mnrican floor sells at $18 f s per sack and potatoes bring a high s figure. it The strike of the Omaha smelters i ( ended frith the understanding that. SthIe nie begin work on the old ( terms, and will negotiate for wages , on il; t basis of the eight-hour t In Or'egol harvesting has been u (lev:i d 1_,v rain, but an excellent e wheat yield is reported. Fruit is ii ioilding fairly well. THop lice are fc doing considerable dmi ,tage. In tl alCalilornia ihip it-cking is progress- f, ing and thie yilid is better than o. anticipated. Wheat is about an C average yiel1. The fruit crop is P large and excellent. The rasin c( c:'op in Southern Caifornia is ti Iarge. ti iss; Willard says that the Chatadqua dress reforLmers, of whom she is a moving spirit, have Inot reachned the point of opposnng or r"ec ril: lending the divided skirt. T1heir present assult is made against high-heeled shoes, dirt gatl.ering shirts and the "death line bodice." Th' questoni of trou',lers for won-':, .-, A -S , ._f=. dl 'matter for future discussion. (;"n. Miles, in an interview about the slcemle to put state troops unlo r the orders of t!e secretary of war, said: ".I do not believe in e.ns:::-ol: t.i;!g the state troops and forning them into practically a 'tanding army of 100,00 men and placing them un der the control of whoever C ay be seretary of war. S:cih a Iia.sure in imy judge mei;ct wouldt be iil-advised and On Sun'day the 16th two armies f ru-_led all da:y fr" the mastery 1 at Vina del Mar hbech, opposite Valpar:.,iso, Cihili. Night put an ,nd to the latt.., whil i left the re sult still in (il t, :andl it will talke 1 aniiot:her conmtest to determnine the m:astery of Chili. The loss of life was about three tlousa:d. IBalomaeed's line of defence was strongly for:tiied, and was undcer the range of the guns 1 from Fort Calino. While i any of his troops were raw recruits, there was ~ gcod leaven of vctervans aonlcg t]htem. Tim'e after time the rel,,ls dtshed against the lines of t the govrrnnient tro.pe, only to be replulscd with gre:t bloodshed. They were not the only suffers. 1 wever ,for their , artillery played 1 with telling effect on the enemy and their rifles were not useless in tlheir iands. Attack and repulse were repeated time after.time, with the decided advantage to either side. The I most desperate valoi was display- I ed by verteran and r:ceruit, Balma cedists and revolu:ionist. There t was little regret on ether side when darkness canme and stopped the c bloody work. i Two hundred unilds of giant I powld:'r exploded at lie Bear mines e near Burke, Idaho, e. Wednesday t lant. Four ime wire iiiiprisoned I at a breast of the drift by a rock I which caved in, anl were suffo Icated. The bodies of four other I miners have not yet been found, but all hope of findhg them alive - has been given up. The explosion was terrific, tearing up the earth and caving in the tunnel for a dis tance of 100 feet. Tie dead bodies of four of the minerswere recovered G. McNeil, manage:; John Jense, assistant manager.; Rtobert Black Iu'n rand oh- lar:-ns. miners. County News. f Liviagst on Enterprise: The board of county commission ers will meet one week from next Monday, September 7th, in regular session. Sheriff Templeto9n is in receipt of a letter from W'isconsin in which the writer claimis that during a residence in Park county he was guilty of the crime of murder, and further informs the sheriff that he can be found in Mexico, Missouri, when wanted if not arrestrd Le fore he reaches that place. Sheriff Tcmpletoni is at a loss to understand whether the writer of the letter, who gives his name as Sim Rosen haugll, is demented and la!.oring under the delusion that he has committed some crim re, or whether he nma;y !e the perpetat,:r of one of t three miuirders co'ni0ttedi doring the pa c t fcw years in this county for which no one ha:is yet been held resp,,nsibHe,. lIe will investiYgate tie matter fith a view to learninig, . if possil h, soime facts in connectin i with his u:ikown corresponden.t. Judge R. B. Dunhamr, who was iln the city Tuesd:iv upon retu.'rned to thie Stinkijng. Water district from west ern i Montr.:, informed I us that the ot;h : had been encountered ,upn in: (e, rserr nrince t in that di-trict. The vein is three feet in, thickness and was struck in the turnnel att the depith of 1(h) feet. Mr. Du>hr: , who is on;e t of the principal owcers of the teysevr, as well as other good pro perties in the Stiking Watc'r eourit yv, is naturally elated over this recent strike. He is confident that the nines of the district will be supplied with needed railroad P transportation within a short time 1 by reason of the extenn of the extension of the c 8. & M. systeni, when it will l;e- lI come one of greatest silver-lead producing dis tricts of the west. n tl uI-eL tvan m0-+. t Livingston Post: SW. M. . Wright is acting presi ldent of the socicty of IZ,::;a, pioneers in Park County. The office is designated as treat of vice president and each county in the state is entitled to such an oflicer. The splendid crop of hay and cereals in both Park and (allatin counties will have a tendency to f fracture the high prices which have prevailed for Tome time past Farmers' products however, will no 1 doubt continue to bring remuner ative prices. In the organization of the Mon tana State Pharmaceutical associa tion of ticlena the other day, Mr. I Peterson of this city was appoint - cd as one of the excutive comnmittee to represent Park County. The association is formed for the pur pose of instituting sonic supervision over the dispensing of drugs and f medicines. The organization will I also endeavor to secure such legisla tion as will be of mutual ad F vantage to pharmacists and the public by rcstraining the dispensing and sale of medicines to competent persons and to encourage the more f thorough trainiing of assistants. Billings News. IBiliings Times. In the case of tihe state vs. Frank Gaffney, charged with shooting Ton Bartlett, te:, defendant waived examination, aiind was held by Judge Hart in ;:5,000 bail. Bail has not yet been found and is not likely to be given. The Yellowstone National bank will commence business next Tuesday taking over the business f of the Bank of Billings. The wounded man, Tonm Bart lett is recovering nicely from the r effects of the shooting. The ,loca- I tion of the bullet is still uncertain, c but Bartlett's appetite is good and t he is setting up. Billings Gazette. t Judge A. P. hart passed sentence , on the three Japanese criminals Saturday last, fining each of them I *75 and the cost of prosecution. One of the fellows produced the t necessary amount to clear himself. r The other two will do time service , at the Hotel Ramsey. 1 The Indian police of Agent Wy- 1 man of the Crow reservation steod I off the sheriff of Custer county, who last week attempted to attach a hand of sheep belonging to Torn Kent, grazing on the reservation. Custer claims by legal dlecision the right to tax and collect taxes off of live stock on the reservation. Tonm Kent claims innmunity from taxa tion on the ground of being a squaw man and ex-of!icio ward of the goverriment. Without entering into the merits of tihe case or Cus ter countv,s rights in equity-the tax belon:gs to Yellowstone county -it is our opilion that Tom Kent tand evIery other owner of property should be taxed and forced to pay. As Yellowstone canrnot collect the we hope Custer may. CAUGHT IN THE LOOP THE LOCAL LARIATA, The Stinking Water Prospector Iteprvesenrtatives iii Otto---A Brcczy Batch of Items. Chills of anticipationl have cbeen sliding up and down and out the back door of our anml,ition, every since it becamne whiripered abroad, that Shelby Eli D)illard, the roaring boai:rigallice of tile Stinkirng Water Prospector and the shining light of the IrED LODGE PICKET, intended to visit Otto. lie arrived safe and sound Tuesda l afternoon and was iecollmpenied blv Captain Harry lHorr, a gentleman well k nown i n the literary circles of the north and west. Both are circumnavigating the prolific confines of Fremont county, gathering data for the next issue of the Pros.pector, of which tie mineral ard agricultural re sources of this country will be the prominent feature of the next issue. In: addition they are soliciting ad vertiscriments, etc., to somnewhat lessen the cxpenscs incurred in 'arryinlg out this gigantic and corn mcndauble scheme. Thus far both the people of the north and those of, the valley, h:ave with or.e accord seized this excellent opportunity of idvanlltges to be derived front lo rdtin~g i; this cculntry. More cs pecially have the citizens of Otto wcized the above opp(ortunitv and ilerally contributced to its advcr :isiiig columnas, and as some six housand copies will he circulated, the fame of Freimont courily will .he( qu:al to that of the garden spots of aliloria. Mesrs. I)illard alnd IIorr will leave to-miorrow for Lan eir where it is hoped that they will neet with the s:llrue hearty sutpport cecorded them in this part of the :ountrv.-Grey Bull Mascot. a - r On the .i"g r. Harry Horr, in Grey gull Mencot. t- As you will observe by the head la ing, tiime will not permit me to give e my inmpression in full of the ]ig r- Horn basin and especially of that >n portion on which Otto is nestled. d i ;i i say however that if I was 11 surp iSd at the area of the basin i was more so at the fertility of the ý soil, The stranger passing through 0 notes the seeming barren wastes gand is rejoicedi when colinal: to it fields covered with grain-emerald re oases in a large sage brush deser . It is hard to convince himl that where the grain now stands, was probably but the year previous covered with sage brush, and pre secited the same desolate appearance as the land lyi .g outside of the I fences. Surprise gives away to astoni4h meit when one beholds fields of old fashioned corn-not the squaw corn of my state, Montana. Your crops of oats, wheat, and alfalfa k are immnence, and where vegetables assume mamamoth proportions, as a for example your fifteen pound beets, then one feels as if he need t- go no furtherbut dri-e his stakles 'e right here on the banks of the Grey B- Bull. One advantage you have 3, and that is the lands in your see d tion can be readily irrigated. The great drawback at present seems to be the remoteness of towns thus involving a loss of time e at least, to the settlers of the ba Is sin who are now compelled to haul n snpplies from a distance. Tlhis ! cannot last long, for this great for te tile area must be unlocked by a " railroad and that at an earlier date e than most residents imagine. Myi knowledge of the basin is limitedI o- .ut according to your request .I f d hav'e jtted down some few im-res~ I sions, and like others who have I made a flying trip th:rough thid be autifitl region, I can not but add that the first-clas residents of this r section with their indomitable en f ergy and regular western go-ahead itiveness, will make of the Bi.n - H!orn basin, the Eden of Wyomingj r 'orht's Fair Notes. More than $5,000,000 of Exposi tion work is now contracted for and is in progress. The sultan of Zanzibar has de eided to make an extensive ex hilit and a request for space has been cabled. Ma:sa.chusetts will devote $100,. 000 to its educational exhibit: The state's entire appropriation is G ucternale has appropiated $100, in god for its exhibit at the ex-" position, and ..120,000 additional !-fr its building. It is rel;orted that the prince of \' ales . mperor William of Ger T ,any and the ,sha h of Pereia all sr'iously centinpiilated visiting the world's fair in 1 53. A miiovemient has been inaugur ated by the sons of the Revolutioi~ ons of New York to have October 12th celebrated through the world: each year as a "Discovery Day." The managers of the great naval exhibition at Chelsea, England5 ihavye consented to allow the model cof Nelson's ship, the Victory, to be transferred to the Columbian ex po'-ition. The $10,000 painting of Christo phler Columbus, excuted by the' famous More in 1540, and pur chased in London by Chas. F: (iuther, has arrived at the customi house in Chicago, and will be dis pi'laoed at the fair. The eTf'ort to have a tride of African pygmies exhibited at the expositiolI is pretty certain to suc eed. Tippoo. Tib has given his' consent and the consent of the' king of Beigium, which also is, necessary can easily be obtained, it is believed, though the state depart The territorial convention of the liberal party Utah has voted tor request the legisliature to a1ppropiate' not less than `.'100,000 for the territory's representatioln at the' exposition. It is reported that the Democratic and Republican con yentions are certain to t. ke similar action. Advice to Young 3Men. Young nian, in your youth" efither spit rails or work on a canal boat. Then when you grow older the presidential chair may be yours. Do not dream of organiz inig a youthful l;anId of faithful followurs to go west and slaughter Indians, for the red men, with the assistance of bad whisky and ,overnInient amniunilio;n, are killing them-selves as fast as, possible. Always speak kindly to your sick uncle. lie may make a will somc day, and perchance he might, leave you one of the fan:ily spoons; or, even better, you iinight become' the invied pos-eEsor of his antique' oak bootjack. When your parents disagree orr some :light subject preserve a dis erect silence and, if possible, leave the room,for when your father comes, out second best, as lie invaribaly will, he may take his revenge on: your youthful hide. Do not cry wlhern you have to stay" i.doors and .play with the little girls. As you grow older you wilt find that a little girl is a great comfort, even though she consente to be only a sister to you. In sharing candy with your' younger brother always bear ini mind that too much would make the little fellow sick. Remember-' i ig this you will always be justi tied in taking the largest share for yourself.-Munsey's Weekly. Ignorant of MIontana. The annonneemenit that two' Connecticut girls started for Ore gon with the avowed purpose of' capturing husbands is another' proof of that fact that very little is' known of Butte in the east. A girl. who will go through Montana to, find a husband in any other state' would. wade. through a creek toc bathe in a sandbur patch or pass through a Strawberry bed andi feast on sage brush in a rainless cldesert.